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where Passepartout would have been proud to see his

country's flag flying, were hidden from their view in the

darkness.

Calcutta was reached at seven in the morning, and the

packet left for Hong Kong at noon; so that Phileas Fogg

had five hours before him.

According to his journal, he was due at Calcutta on the

25th of October, and that was the exact date of his actual

arrival. He was therefore neither behind-hand nor ahead

of time. The two days gained between London and

Bombay had been lost, as has been seen, in the journey

across India. But it is not to be supposed that Phileas Fogg

regretted them.

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Mr. Fogg would only lose a part of the forty-eight hours

saved since the beginning of the tour. Kiouni, resuming

his rapid gait, soon descended the lower spurs of the

Vindhias, and towards noon they passed by the village of

Kallenger, on the Cani, one of the branches of the

Ganges. The guide avoided inhabited places, thinking it

safer to keep the open country, which lies along the first

depressions of the basin of the great river. Allahabad was

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IN WHICH PASSEPARTOUT

IS ONLY TOO GLAD TO GET

OFF WITH THE LOSS OF HIS

SHOES

Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of

land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south,

which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand

square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population

of one hundred and eighty millions of souls. The British

Crown exercises a real and despotic dominion over the

larger portion of this vast country, and has a governor-

general stationed at Calcutta, governors at Madras,

Bombay, and in Bengal, and a lieutenant-governor at

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'No, Mr. Fix,' replied the consul. 'She was bespoken

yesterday at Port Said, and the rest of the way is of no

account to such a craft. I repeat that the Mongolia has

been in advance of the time required by the company's

regulations, and gained the prize awarded for excess of

speed.'

'Does she come directly from Brindisi?'

'Directly from Brindisi; she takes on the Indian mails

there, and she left there Saturday at five p.m. Have

patience, Mr. Fix; she will not be late. But really, I don't